James samuel foley



(No Model.)

J. S. FOLEY.

MATCH MAGAZINE AND LIGHTER.

No 390,468. Patented Oct. 2, 1888.

NVITED STATES ,ATFNT tries.

JAMES SAMUEL FOLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF-ONIEIIALF TO JOSEPH RUSE, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

MATCH MAGAZINE AND LIGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,468. dated October 2, 1888.

Application filed November 25, 1887. Serial No. 256,089.

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES SAMUEL FOLEY, of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois,one of the United States of America. have invented a certain new and Improved Match Magazine and Lighter, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to devise a matchanagazine designed to contain a nuinber of stub-matches, and arranged in connec tion with a reciprocating plunger in such a manner that the matches will be discharged separately from the magazine in front of the end of the plunger, and by the longitudinal motion of the plunger will force the match into a nozzle provided with means for lighting the said match and holding it while lighted; and it consists in the peculiar combinations and the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, substantially as hereinafter more particularly explained. I

Figure 1 is a perspective view, partially i section,ofa two-barreled magazine constructed in accordance with my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are skeleton details of the plunger, nozzle, and mechanism for moving the matches in front of the nozzle. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail of the lighter.

A is a nozzle fixed to the frame B, which carries the bar or plunger 0, as indicated.

D are two cylindrical magazines connected to and forming part of the frame B. These magazines are designed to contain a number of stub-matches, E. A cap, a, is pivoted on the plunger 0 at the top of the magazines D, so as to form adjustable covers for the apertures in the said magazines through which the matches are inserted.

F is a spiral spring,the upper end of which butts against a collar, 1), fixed to the plunger 0. The bottom end of the spring F butts against a sleeve formed on the inside of the frame B, through which the plunger 0 slides. It will be noticed that the end of the plunger C is immediately opposite to the mouth of the nozzle A, and that pressure on the said plunger G will forceit through the nozzle A, while the action of the spiral spring F will throw it back into its normal position.

G is a double-barreled carrier, each barrel being substantially the same diameter as that (No model.)

of the magazines D, and thedistance between the centers of the two barrels is the same as the distance between the center of one magazine and the center of the plunger 0, which is located exactly in the center between the two magazines. A plate, H, is pivoted to the frame B at a, and its other end has anotch formed in it to tit onto a pin, e, projecting from the center of the carrier G, as shown.

I is a dog pivoted on the plunger 0, and designed to project between the sides of the plate H, as shown, or between guides formed in the said plate to correspond with the same. WVhen the plunger O is in its normal position, the long end of the dog I will project into either one or the other of the upper corners formed in the plate H, thereby pushing the said plate H oif to an angle, as indicated. For instance, when the long end of the dog I. is in the upper right-hand corner, as shown in Fig. 1, the bottom of the plate II will be pushed to the right hand sidc; or, when the long end of the dog Iis in the lefthand upper corner, as shown in Fig. 3, the lower end oft-he plate H will be thrown to the opposite or left-hand side. This change is effected by pressing the plunger 0 down until the short end of the dog I reaches the curved bottom of the plate H, which causes it to turn on its pivot, as indicated in Fig. 2, throwing the long end of the dog I over into the opposite side, so that when the plunger 0 resumes its normal position the long end of the dog I will strike the opposite or left-hand upper corner in the plate H and thus cause it to move over on its pivot into the positionindicated in Fig. 3. As the pin 6 connects the bottom end of the plate H to the carrier G, the said carrier will be moved first to one side and then to the other of the plunger at each reciprocating movement of the same. and it is through this reciprocating movement that the matches E are taken separately first from one magazine and then from the other into position in frontof the nozzle A, so that they can be forced by the action of the plunger 0 through the said nozzle A. For instance, in Fig. 1 the right-hand barrel of the carrier G contains a single match, E, the top of which projects slightly above the level of the carrier G. The end of the bottom match E in the right-hand-side magazine action of the plunger 0.

rests upon and is supported by the match E in the carrier G below it, while the bottom match E in the left-hand magazine is supported, as shown in'Fig. 1, by a projection formed upon the carrier G. When the plunger 0 is pressed down, the dog I is turned 011 its pivot. When its short end strikes the bottom of the plate H, as shown in Fig. 2, and when the plunger 0 resumes its normal position,the long end of the dogI will strike the upper lefthand corneroftheplateH,causingthesaidplate to turn on its pivot and resume the position indicated in Fig. 3, in which position the right-hand barrel of the carrier G is immediately over the mouth of the nozzle A, and the match E in thesaid barrel will by its own gravity fall into the nozzle A, where it is held by the action of a spring, 9, which is provided forthe purpose of preventing the said match from dropping out of the nozzle until forced by the When the carrier is thus moved,its left-hand barrel will be brought immediately opposite to the left hand magazine, when the bottom match in it will drop into the left-hand barrel of the carrier, while the bottom match in the left-hand magazine will be supported by the projectionf, formed on the right-hand barrel of the carrier.

Vhen the plunger 0 is forced through the nozzle A, as before described, it will push the match E which has been previously dropped into the nozzle A, as mentioned, out from the said nozzle, where it is caught by the projecting fingers J, as shown in Fig. 2, which fingers scrape against the end of the match and ignite it as it is forced past them by the action of the plunger mentioned. These projecting fingers J, which form the match-lighter, as described, are connected to and project from a collar, h, which fits upon and is secured to the outside of the nozzle A in the manner shown.

Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination of a frame comprising two independent open-bottomed tubes for containing stub matches, a bottom plate and guides, a plunger moving longitudinally in said guides, a nozzle located in line with said plunger, a spring-finger extended in the path of the matches beyond the discharge end of the nozzle, a carrier, and a connection between said carrier and plunger, whereby the downward movement of the plunger brings thesaid carrier in line with the plunger and nozzle, whereby the movement of the plunger forces the matches from the nozzle.

2. The combination, with a frame comprising two independent open-bottomed tubes for containing stub-matches, guides, and a plunger moving in said guides parallel with the tubes, of a nozzle located in line with the plunger, a double-barreled carrier, an oscillating plate on the frame, and a. connection between the plunger and said plate, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with the frame comprising two independent open-bottomed tubes for containing stub-matches, a nozzle, a plunger moving parallel with said tubes and between the same, and a bottom plate, of afinger or fingers in front of the mouth of the nozzle, a double-barreled carrier, and a connection between said frame, plunger, and carrier,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

at. The combination, with the frame comprising two independent open-bottomed tubes for containing stub-matches, a plunger moving parallel with said tubes, a nozzle,and a dog pivoted on said plunger, of an oscillating plate pivoted on the frame, substantially on the center line of the motion of the plunger, a doublebarreled carrier actuated by said plate, and a finger or fingers in front of the mouth of the nozzle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. A frame, B, comprising two independent open-bottomed tubes or 1nagazines,D, for containing stub-matches, a nozzle, A, connected to the frame B between the magazines D, a plunger, 0, carried by the frame B between the magazines D and immediately opposite to the end of the nozzle A, and a dog, I, pivoted on the plunger 0, in combination with the carrier G,and an oscillatingplate, H, pivoted at a to the frame B and connected to the carrier G, substantially as described, whereby the reciprocating movement of the plungerG shall impart a reciprocating movement to the carrier G at right angles to the line of travel of the plunger, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. A frame, B, comprising two independent open-bottomed tubes or magazines, D, and a nozzle, A, corresponding substantially in diameters with the magazines D and centrally located between them, in combination with an adjustable carrier, G, provided with projections f, and an oscillating plate actuated by the plunger and engaging the carrier and de signed to convey the matches from either magazine to the nozzle A without permitting the remaining matches in the magazine to fall, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Toronto, October 31, 1887.

JAMES SAMUEL FOLEY. In presence of- CHARLES C. BALDWIN, CHAS. H. Ricnns. 

